I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The Saginaw News and the Bay City Times, which both reduced their print editions to three days per week last year, have announced that they will begin publishing a joint “Great Lakes Bay” Tuesday edition that will focus on regional development. The Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance — which is comprised of the Chambers of [...]
In one of the more interesting political ads in recent memory — especially for a Republican — Ann Arbor venture capitalist and first-time candidate Rick Snyder branded himself “one tough nerd” in the 60-second spot that ran during the Super Bowl coverage yesterday. Typically, Republican candidates don’t embrace their intellectual sides, instead often preferring to [...]
While the following films may lack the star power or muscles of a Hugh Jackman, they make up for it by shining a bright light on Detroit’s past, present and even the city’s could-be future. Among the three flicks being written about today, the one I’m most eagerly anticipating is the soon-to-be released PBS documentary [...]
Activists and media experts are strongly criticizing several media outlets for their reporting on the case of Jackie, the perpetrator of a YouTube hoax.
Ex-Detroit City Council Candidate John Bennett is soon to join venerable local talking heads like Mildred Gaddis and nationally syndicated ones like Al Sharpton on the radio lineup at WCHB AM 1200, one of the metro area’s leading talk radio stations. And if Bennett’s outspoken, opinionated past provides any guide, he’s sure to do well. [...]
The Detroit News seems to be having a difficult time deciding whether passengers at Metro Airport were confronted by unusually long lines due to heightened security measures in the wake of an attempted terrorist attack on a flight from Amsterdam on Christmas day, or whether they were greeted by surprisingly short lines in the wake [...]
The Detroit News has an article this morning with the headline “Refusal to release imam’s autopsy raises suspicions.” Seems like I’ve heard that somewhere before. Oh, it was here. Two weeks ago. They even quote the same people in the article saying mostly the same things they said to us. Welcome to the party.
The Center for Media and Democracy is criticizing the Lansing State Journal for publishing an interview in which Greenpeace director-turned-nuclear-energy-advocate Patrick Moore was given a platform to present positive statements about nuclear power. The media watchdog said that LSJ should have mentioned that Moore is paid to do public relations for the nuclear industry’s Nuclear [...]
Time Inc.’s Assignment Detroit, as you may already know, is promoting a contest that has several of Detroit’s most prominent ad agencies competing to create the best “Selling Detroit” ad campaign. The idea is to see what the best, local advertising gurus can come up with to persuade, in particular, young people across the country [...]
As a sidebar to my story from earlier today that begins with the new (but old) TV ad from opponents of Kalamazoo’s anti-discrimination ordinance, here’s something else to ponder. A flier from opponents that’s also been making the rounds focuses on related, but less shocking dooms-day scenarios regarding, of course, transgender women.
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